Thomas Jane
Thomas Jane
Thomas Janeis an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, and comic book writer. He has appeared in films such as Padamati Sandhya Ragam, At Ground Zero, The Crow: City of Angels, Boogie Nights, The Last Time I Committed Suicide, Thursday, The Thin Red Line, Deep Blue Sea, Dreamcatcher, The Punisher, The Mistand Mutant Chronicles...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth22 February 1969
CityBaltimore, MD
CountryUnited States of America
There's the film that comes out in a public way that you see with the masses, that you go and publicly see and participate in a film, right? Then its reaction is a public reaction. Your opinion becomes part of that public reaction and is in some way, whether you like it or not, molded by that public reaction.
Generally I just look and see if it would be a movie that I would pay $7.00 to see... What is it, $9.00 now?... $9.00 to see.
When I was doing character films, I would always try to find something to subvert the standard. You know, to play them exactly for what they are. That's the fun for me.
Sharing the same vision for what's on the page is always a good idea. The director's job is to establish what that is and make sure that everyone sticks to it when it comes down to actually executing it.
Establishing what the vision is and being able to stick to it is the job, and everyone should be on the same page, going in. With that said, first-time director or not, you never know what you're going to get.
Great directors turn in mediocre work and first-time directors turn in exceptional work. No matter how good a person can talk about what he wants, you never know.
You just have to go with a good story and a script that you like and people that you like to work with.
If I have things my way, over the next few years, I'm going to be doing a lot more directing and a lot less acting. That will be fun for a while.
I do know that people tend to do their best work when they're challenged and stimulated by their peers.
Anything that has to do with noir and space, I'm gonna love. When you've got a noir-ish, pulpy detective in a science fiction show, I'm all in, in that regard.
Creating a world in a sci-fi show is almost the whole battle. If you have a great story and you can create a great world, as far as the acting goes, it makes my job a whole lot easier.
I think what makes us human is our interconnectedness among people. It's our ability to form and maintain relationships. It's the barometer by which we call ourselves human.
If I stay alert, then I can challenge myself, and by challenging myself, that helps me to stay alive and to hopefully take something away from the experience.
I can't stand to see myself act. It just makes me cringe.